GRE Word List

POTENTIAL

existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality

The meaning of the word potential is existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality.

Random words

WordMeaning
palimpsestwriting material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased
aquilinecurving like an eagle's beak
charany of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots
incipientbeginning to come into being or to become apparent
dyspepticindigestion
defaceto mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details
fleckstreak
unctuoushaving, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality
forbearancea refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due
facetany of the definable aspects that make up a subject (as of contemplation) or an object (as of consideration)